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Stop Plastic pollution caused by single-use plastic bottles on National Refill Day

National Refill Day is a public awareness campaign aiming to stop millions of single-use plastic bottles from polluting our streets and oceans. The day is encouraging people to carry a reusable water bottle and refill on the go.

Brought to you by City to Sea as part of the award-winning Refill Campaign, National Refill Day is an awareness campaign to get the UK public to stop bottling it when it comes to our drinking water. Refill want to create a new social norm for refilling on the go – saving us money, keeping us hydrated and preventing millions of single-use plastic bottles at the source.

This is something that we are big advocates for and want to encourage everyone to do. We have all the seen the disastrous effect that plastic pollution is having on our planet and it is imperative that we all do our bit to protect our planet.

On June 19th the Refill campaign will be asking the public if they’ve #GotTheBottle to stop buying single-use plastic bottles and replace them with a reusable bottle instead. If just 1 in 10 Brits Refilled once a week, the country would save around 340 million plastic bottles a year.

💧 An estimated 700,000 plastic bottles are littered every day in the UK
💧 Plastic bottles are the most commonly found single-use item on beaches in Europe

Water-to-Go reducing plastic pollution

One of our core missions at Water-to-Go is to reduce the environmental devastation caused by single-use plastic bottles. Just one of our 75cl filters will replace 400 single-use plastic bottles. Just think of the difference this could make.

Additionally, the bottle’s unique filtration technology means you can fill up from any non-salt water source, such as rivers, lakes and mountain streams, to access safe drinking water. So no matter the situation you won’t need to revert to single-use plastic bottles for accessing clean drinking water.

Water-to-Go Marking National Refill Day

As part of National Refill Day, we’re showcasing some of our favourite places our customers and ambassadors have refilled their Water-to-Go bottles.

Enjoy!

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Water-to-Go ambassador, Ash Dykes, has refilled his Water-to-Go bottle from the Yangtze river in China on his world-first #MissionYangtze expedition to walk the whole length of the Yangtze river.

Water-to-Go ambassador, Chaz Powell, fills his Water-to-Go bottle from the Gambia river on his recent expedition to become one of the first to walk the whole length of it.

Water-to-Go bottles making an appearance at Glastonbury Festival. If you are at a festival this year, make sure you stay well hydrated and plastic free with a Water-to-Go bottle.

Have a look at our Summer packing list with all the essentials you will need to keep you single-use plastic free. (To get festival ready with Water-to-Go, use discount code: FESTIVAL19)

Tim Kroeger filled up his bottle from a tap whilst on a trip in a village in West Africa.

Keenan Williams refilling his Water-to-Go bottle from a lake in the Brecon Beacons.

Holly from The Outdoor Guide fills up from the snow mountains whilst on a trip in Switzerland.

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Tarran Kent-Hume refilled his Water-to-Go bottle from the Rio Negro whilst on an expedition kayaking the Amazon River.

Jule from The Happy Choices drinking water straight from a waterfall whilst on a walk in the Canadian wilderness.

Our Blue 75cl bottle getting a top-up from a mucky puddle whislt on a hike in South Korea.

This refill of the green bottle is straight from a standpipe whilst on a charity trek in the Pyrenees.

Becky the Traveller fills her pink 50cl bottle from a mountain stream whilst on a hike in the Lake District.

Send us your pictures filling up your Water-to-Go bottle from questionable sources and we will feature them on our social media channels.